In this video I identify a double nuc where one queen has failed, and show/discuss how we deal with the remaining colony. We run our double nucs through the honey season to maximize growth and honey production in our beekeeping […]
Read moreA little later than I thought I would be getting around to posting this but here it is. After my last post, many folks have been asking about how I set up and manage my double nucs, for production. I […]
Read moreThis past Tuesday we ran into some problems with our first graft, we had an early hatch in the queen cell finisher and lost half of our queen cells. When a virgin queen hatches she goes around the hives and […]
Read moreToday was grafting day! To stimulate the bees to create queens which are easy to move to new hives, we use a process called grafting. This is the first year that I will be relying completely on our own queen […]
Read moreThe extended period of warm weather has allowed the hives to really expand the brood nests. We have added a second brood box to nearly 75% of the hives to allow them more room to expand. I add a second […]
Read moreI received a question this past week from a new beekeeper asking if he should buy drawn comb to begin his beekeeping adventure, or if he should just drop the bees on foundation? I have heard and read many stories of […]
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